Judges 19:20

And the old man said, Peace be to thee. However let all thy wants lay upon me, only do not lodge in the street.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

In Context

19Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys, and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man who is with thy servants. There is no want of anything.

21So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:31And he said, Come in, thou blessed of LORD. Why do thou stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

Judges 6:23And LORD said to him, Peace be to thee. Fear not; thou shall not die.

1 Chronicles 12:18Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, [and he said], We are thine, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to thee, and peace be to thy helpers, for thy God helps thee. Then David receive

John 14:27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you, not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be cowardly.

1 Corinthians 1:3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:2Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware.

Matthew Henry on Judges 19:17-22

The Levite Entertained at Gibeah. ( b. c. 1410.) 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to… Read the whole commentary →

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